Foffa Bikes

why are they all fixed and have rear brake, or am i missing something?

I friend hurt himself riding into a pothole recently and every time he goes back to hospital to have his cast looked at there are people there who have been f@!cked up on bikes. The one today was some guy who had bought a fix with a rear brake and no foot restraint, skidded using the brake then let go, the pedals started turning and broke both his shins

I dont get this. Was he riding backwards?

Anyway the problem arose, because of the lack of foot restraint, not because of the fitted rear brake.